Machine for cleaning playing-cards.



No. 695,577. Patented Mar. :8, |902. E. o. MQcKEL.

`MAHINEFDR CLEANING PLAYING CANDS.

(Application lad May 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)

' Arron/v5 rs ils UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL OTTO MOKEL, OF ORO'ITE'NDORF, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING PLAYING-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,577, dated March 18, 1902.

Application filed May 20, 1901.

To all', whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL OTTO McKEL, master carpenter, of 23 Hauptstrasserottendorf,V in the Erz-Gebirge, in .the Empire of Germany, have invented Improvements in Machines for Cleaning Playing-Oards; and I do hereby declare the nature'of this invention and in what manner the same isto be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement.

This invention relates to the renovation of playing-cards after use, aud has for its object to provide a machinewhich will efficiently iiatten the cards bent by use, remove the dirt from them, andfinally repolish them, so as to prevent cards which have been in use for some time from adhering together.

I have illustrated my new or improved machine in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a rear elevation, of the same.

The machine comprises a stationary roller a and five rotary rollers b e f g h, of which latter the roller f is driven by means of a crankhandle. Upon theshaft of thelatter there is mounted a spur-wheel 1l, gearing in the spurwheel lo of the roller b and which transmits the rotation to a toothed wheel l, connected with the roller h. The rollers g and e are driven by friction. All the rollers are provided with a covering, preferably of felt, s.

Above the roller b is a trough or container c for the reception of steatite or any other suitable polishing media. The trough cis' formed with a slot in its bottom through which the polishing media issues While the machine is being used and falls ina tine stream upon the roller b.

The pressure-screws m 'n permit the pressure of the rollers e g on the rollers f and h to be regulated as may be required, while another pressure-screw o allows the pressure Serial No. 61,134. (No model.)

of the lower stationary roller a to be adj listed against the roller b above it. I

The machine operates in the following manner: The playin gcard d, which has been used and become dirty, is inserted between the rollers e and f, and the latter is then revolved Y move the rough dirt from the card and also flatten the same when having been bent or curved from repeated use. The final cleaning and polishing of the card is eii'ected between the rollers a and b. From here the card passes between the pairvof rollers g h. These latter also Hatten the card and Wipe oif any excess of polishing material, which isv through the rollers it would now be placed face downward.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is In combination, a feed-hopper for polishing material, a rotary roller beneath'the same, a rotary roller on eachl side and in contact with said first-named roller, a rotary roller beneath and in contact with each side roller, and a stationary roller between the lower rollers and in contact with the central roller, substantially as described.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two Witnesses.

EMIL orro McKEL.

Witnesses:

OSKAR EIcHHoLz, B. H. WARNER, Jr. 

